Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (HYI) Competitors

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (NYSE:HYI) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is AGD or HYI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is AGD or HYI a better dividend stock?

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AGD or HYI?

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund received 28 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.85% of users gave Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Outperform Votes 108 62.79%	Underperform Votes 64 37.21%
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 136 63.85%	Underperform Votes 77 36.15%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AGD or HYI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	$56.61M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund	$24.01M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to AGD or HYI?

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund both had 2 articles in the media. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund's score of 0.67 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Positive
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund	Positive

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.